A dual frequency synthesizer includes a reference oscillator, an R
counter, a first fractional-N phase-locked loop (for a receiving channel)
and a second fractional-N phase-locked loop (for a transmitting channel)
and one shared sigma-delta modulator. The reference oscillator outputs a
reference oscillation frequency clock. The R counter outputs a reference
frequency clock based on the reference oscillation frequency clock. The
first fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL) (for a receiving channel)
generates a first (receiving channel frequency) clock based on the
reference frequency clock. The second fractional-N phase-locked loop (for
a transmitting channel) generates a second (transmitting channel
frequency) clock based on the same reference frequency clock. Both
fractional-N phase-locked loops share a common sigma-delta modulator.
Therefore, the chip size of the dual frequency synthesizer may be
reduced.